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Drill, Baby,Drill

Not exactly those words but not far off!  Nigel Lee from Nottingham Friends of the Earth and I went last Thursday to  sit and watch the Environment...
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#FreeTheArctic30 @gp_arcticsunrise Global day Arctic Russian Embassy

Protest outside Russian Embassy

As I was passing through London on Saturday I persuaded my husband to come to the Russian Embassy with me (the first time he has ever been on a demo!), where a...
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Free the Arctic 30 Nottingham Day of Solidarity

Despite dire weather predictions of rain it was a lovely, if very windy, day in Nottingham.  We gathered to collect messages of support for our 28...
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Activists charged with piracy!

News just in: two of the Arctic 30 have been charged with piracy!  The charges have been laid against one crew member of the Arctic Sunrise, Ana Paula...
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I recognise that face!

I come back from a couple of days away and I find a photo of a friend of mine splashed across the top of Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace Internationals web page...
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emailing the russian embassy,get off our boat!!

HAVE JUST GONE TO THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY WEBSITE PAGE AND CUT AND PASTED A MESSAGE TO THEIR NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS,GET OFF THE ARCTIC SUNRISE PLEASE!IF YOU ARE...
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Aurora in London

Like Andrea and her family I had a brilliant day with Greenpeace in London yesterday.  As Aurora sauntered down the road, roaring, passers-by were just '...
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wonderful day with the bear

had a very memorable and amazing day in london yesterday.Joined lots of others in victoria tower park in the shadow of the houses of parliament , all...
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Activists 'frack' County Hall in Preston

Have your say on fracking #1

One of the things I do for Greenpeace is political lobbying.  Normally that involves me writing to or going to see my MP Ken Clarke (lucky me) but...
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Oh dear, what a pity, never mind

This is me being lazy and doing a straightforward copy and paste but, what the hell, this press release says it all: A planning application for a new Surface...
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Nottingham, Arctic, Volunteer

Brinsley Animal Rescue Open Day

We had a terrific day at Brinsley Animal Rescue Chatting about the keeping the Arctic free from oil drilling, mining or commercial fishing. With the September...
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Nottingham Pride 2013

Nottingham Pride normally takes place at the Forest Recreation ground but this year it was at the Arboretum in the centre of town.  There were advantages...
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Deforestation could increase in the Congo due to McKinsey advice

Deforestation continues

You may have thought that following our successes in Indonesia that the rainforest was safe!  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Last night i...
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A great day at Stonebridge City Farm

On the first day for a while with wet stuff falling out of the sky we took the Save the Arctic campaign to the lovely Stonebridge City Farm.  I think the...
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Are you going to climb the floodlights?

It was a quick decision but, inspired by the actions of our fantastic climbers on Thursday, we decided to remind the population of Nottingham (and our visiting...
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Nuke truck gets lost in East Midlands

The picture with this blog comes from Nukewatch.  it shows part of a convoy that can carry nuclear weapons in a suburban street somewhere in either...
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Environment Minister says climate change is not real!

I missed this on the radio last Friday when Radio 4's Any Questions was held at the Centre for Alternaltive Technology.  I sort of knew it was on but I...
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Campaign updates

  The long road to CFP reform by Simon Clydesdale, oceans campaigner Good news from Brussels;  we finally got an agreement on CFP reform and at...
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Paula Bear with David Cameron lookalike

political lobbying training course in Leicester on 22nd June

You will have all heard of the lobbying scandal this past week when one MP and 3 members of the House of Lords were caught on camera by the Beeb accepting...
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No Dash For Gas - No Dash For Jail

People gathered outside the Magistrates Court in Nottingham today wondering whether for the first time ever that environmental activists would be sent to jail...
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